I don't want to rush Dongou either, personally...I'm merely pointing out that this kid has excelled in every situation he has been thrown into so I suspect it won't take long for him to make a first team debut, honestly

More than that though, I can't wait to see how Jean Marie motivates Deulofeu to take his game even higher because I don't get the impression that Gerard is accustomed to sharing the spotlight...He's going to have to

"Barcelona are technically and tactically superior to everyone. They are the essence of football – a joy to watch."

Was Dongou really born in 1995, or did they change that? I heard that in African countries sometimes they change the birth-date (not sure why they would want to do that?), so I'm curious if that could be the case for Dongou as well. From what I remember, Dongou looks quite old for his age, or doesn't he?

2011/12 season, 16 years old: Juvenile A Team, 22 goals** in fewer matches (not sure how many though) was second highest scorer in league.**Was called up for Barca B several times causing him to miss several matches, and thus costing him in all likely hood top scoring honors for the league.

In the "Next Gen Series" played with the youth team and was joint top scorer in the competition with 7 goals despite the team only making it to the Quarter Finals.

2012/13 season, 17 years old: Barca B Team. We'll see how long it takes for him to get Tito's attention.

Yeah, I was hoping the hype would focus on Jese because Deulofeu was pretty clearly the player of the tournament...As soon as he was on the ball, panic would set in for opposing defenses - along with multiple defenders racing over...Grimaldo & Deulofeu showed they are a class above

Still say Rodrigo > Jese but Toril has done a nice job with the RM cantera player as well as the B team - remarkable improvement from last season, nearly a different player

BTW, the new signing Roman looks pretty promising for B

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"Barcelona are technically and tactically superior to everyone. They are the essence of football – a joy to watch."